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Bob Dylan Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

The Bob Dylan quiz rewards two ears: one for the nasal voice, one for the words no one else could write. Guess the Bob Dylan song from 'Like a Rolling Stone', 'Blowin' in the Wind' and 'Mr. Tambourine Man', then test your trivia on the covers, on 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door', and on the 1965 night he plugged in at Newport and split the folk world. Place the acoustic protest years against the electric turn and find out how well you know the first songwriter to win the Nobel in Literature.

Main genreRock (folk rock, singer-songwriter)
Real nameRobert Allen Zimmerman
Major honorNobel Prize in Literature (2016)
Best-known songs to guessLike a Rolling Stone, Blowin' in the Wind, The Times They Are a-Changin', Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Mr. Tambourine Man
Deep cuts fans missSubterranean Homesick Blues, Tangled Up in Blue, Just Like a Woman, Visions of Johanna, Desolation Row
Eras in the quizThe early-60s acoustic protest songs, the 1965-66 electric trilogy, the 1969 Nashville country turn, the 1970s Blood on the Tracks
Famous covers of his songsJimi Hendrix ('All Along the Watchtower'), the Byrds ('Mr. Tambourine Man'), Guns N' Roses ('Knockin' on Heaven's Door')
Quiz difficultyEasy on the anthems, hard on naming Dylan as the writer behind the famous covers

Começa o teu quiz a solo

Reconhece o máximo de músicas a partir de excertos áudio. Quanto mais rápido responderes, mais pontos fazes.

10 perguntas4 respostas cada

As 8 músicas mais conhecidas

De intros imediatamente reconhecíveis a refrãos universais — perfeitas para testar a sua memória.

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Like a Rolling Stone

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Blowin' in the Wind

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The Times They Are a-Changin'

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Knockin' on Heaven's Door

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Mr. Tambourine Man

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Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Tangled Up in Blue

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Just Like a Woman

🎵 Você sabia? Curiosidades sobre o artista

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In 2016 Bob Dylan became the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, cited for new poetic expression within American song.
At the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Dylan plugged in with an electric band and reportedly drew boos from folk purists, a turning point for folk rock.
The Byrds turned Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man' into a jangling number-one single in 1965, helping launch the folk-rock sound.
'Like a Rolling Stone' ran over six minutes in 1965, breaking the unwritten rule that a hit single had to stay short for radio.
Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1941 and took his stage surname before his career began.

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The voice and the words (easy points)

Two things give Dylan away: the nasal voice and lines everyone half-knows. 'Like a Rolling Stone', 'Blowin' in the Wind' and 'The Times They Are a-Changin'' are the ones most players name first, and they are the easy points early in a round.

The songs other artists made famous (the cover trap)

Half the trick is that his compositions often became major hits in other artists' recordings. The Byrds took 'Mr. Tambourine Man' to number one, Jimi Hendrix owned 'All Along the Watchtower', and 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' has been covered for decades. Naming Dylan as the writer is the catch.

The night he went electric (1965 Newport)

In 1965 Dylan walked onto the Newport Folk Festival stage with an electric band and reportedly drew boos from purists. Telling the acoustic protest singer of 1963 from the electric 'Highway 61 Revisited' sound is a real quiz skill.

Lyrics as literature (the Nobel angle)

In 2016 Dylan became the first songwriter awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, for poetry written inside American song. A round often leans on the words, so knowing a lyric can place a track a melody alone would not.

Perguntas frequentes

How do you play the Bob Dylan quiz?

A clip of a Bob Dylan song plays and you name it, then answer trivia on his lyrics, the artists who covered him and his switch from acoustic to electric.

Which Bob Dylan songs are in the quiz?

'Like a Rolling Stone', 'Blowin' in the Wind', 'The Times They Are a-Changin'' and 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door', plus deeper cuts like 'Tangled Up in Blue'.

Did Bob Dylan really win the Nobel Prize?

Yes. In 2016 he became the first songwriter awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, honored for the poetry in his lyrics.

What makes the Bob Dylan quiz tricky?

Many of his songs are better known through covers, so the hard part is naming Dylan as the writer of a hit made famous by the Byrds, Hendrix or Guns N' Roses.

Who is Bob Dylan?

Robert Allen Zimmerman, an American singer-songwriter from Minnesota who reshaped popular music in the 1960s and won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Is the Bob Dylan quiz free?

Yes. The Bob Dylan quiz is free on Songtrivia, with no signup and no Spotify account needed.

📚 Fontes e metodologia

Fontes consultadas

Wikipédia · AllMusic · Pitchfork · Billboard · equipe editorial Songtrivia.

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